Here's Doug's list of resources for Montana's places for rafts and kayaks, as well as commercial rafting and kayaking-instruc- tion companies:
TRAILHEAD (Missoula) – kayaking retail gear 221 E. Front Street, (406) 543-6966
STRONGWATER (Missoula) – they just spun off from "Edge of the World", but have become the major retailer in Western Montana.
614 South Higgins Avenue, (406) 721-2437 BASE CAMP (Helena and Billings)
BOB WARD'S (Missoula and several other locations) They are not a whitewater kayaking retailer, but carry rafts and some simple fishing kayaks
SILVER MOON KAYAKING (Whitefish – they are primarily touring kayaks)
Montana kayaking outfitters:
BIG HORN WILDERNESS EQUIPMENT 206 5th Street South, Great Falls, (406) 453-2841
NORTHERN LIGHTS TRADING COMPANY 1716 W. Babcock, Bozeman, (406) 586-2225 SILVER MOON KAYAK COMPANY
1215 N. Somers Road, Kalispell, (403xxxxx) 752-3794
SPORTSMAN & SKI HAUS 40 East Idaho, Kalispell, (406) 755-6484
SUNSHINE SPORTS
304 Moore Lane, Billings, (406) 252-3724 Additional kayaking schools and rafting companies:
TARKIO KAYAK ADVENTURES – this is one of the best kayaking instructing schools in the country (it's located out of Missoula)
Offers kayaking tours and lessons.
LEWIS AND CLARK RIVER EXPEDITIONS (Missoula) – They do a variety of things, mostly rafting, but also riverboarding and some kayaking instruction.
10,000 WAVES - Offers kayak and rafting tours. FLYING PIG RAFTING offers tours and lessons. H2OBSESSION
- Bozeman kayak school and area information site.
MISSOURI RIVER CANOE COMPANY - Offers tours.
GLACIER RAFTING (West Glacier, MT) MONTANA WHITEWATER
Offers rafting, kayaking and canoeing near Yellowstone Na- tional Park on Gallatin and Yellowstone Rivers.
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